Re: Space Shuttle - UFO "Near Miss"

From: Graham William Birdsall <106151.1150@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:49:52 -0500
Fwd Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 03:28:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle - UFO "Near Miss"
>WASHINGTON - The Space Shuttle Endeavor narrowly avoided a collision with>a gigantic UFO during its 12-day mission in September and a top-secret>NASA audio tape proves it!>That's the word from author William Kliner, who claims to have obtained a>copy of the tape from highly placed NASA sources and flatly calls the>incident "the most dramatic close encounter in history."
This report is interesting, but has there been any independent
corroboration of the account of William Kliner, or indeed and
follow-up?
Colleagues will doubtless have noted that the "September"
incident (if true), refers to STS-69, September 1995.
A simple check on NASA's shuttle missions has shown that the
following personnel (as cited by Mr. Kliner), were indeed on
board:
David M. Walker - Commander
Kenneth D. Cockrell - Pilot
James S. Voss - Payload Commander
James H. Newman Ph.D. - Mission Specialist
Michael L. Gernhardt - Mission Specialist
While this might add some substance to part of Mr. Kliner's
allegations, until such time as the audiotape undergoes
independent voice analysis to compare Commander Walker's voice
transmission with earlier recordings, such stories should be
treated with a fair degree of caution.
Would it be too much to hope that such analysis will be
undertaken, in the interests of practical and objective
investigation?
Best regards,
Graham W. Birdsall (Editor)
UFO Magazine [UK]